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A thrilling 250cc race saw Hiroshi Aoyama take a step closer to the World Championship, and Alvaro Bautista effectively end his title hopes with a third consecutive race crash. From lap 11 the battle really began to heat up with Simoncelli and Aoyama trading places with some tight and aggressive racing. Eventually Aoyama came out [...]

Álvaro Bautista: “Luck hasn’t been on our side over the past couple of races. I guess that in this sport, as in any other, you have to prepare yourself properly and believe you can win but you also need a touch of luck too. After Portugal I was sure that we couldn’t hold anything back [...]

Marco Simoncelli’s victory, and Alvaro Bautista’s crash in the shortened 250cc race in Australia has left the championship wide open – only a few races ago, Aoyama and Bautista were the two main contenders in the hunt for the title, rider reactions below: Hiroshi Aoyama (250cc, 7th): “The engine was OK. The problem was the [...]